Had an odd encounter the other day and I wonder if it was part of some sort of scam.
Took my son out for dinner at a fast food place. He is seated at a table and I'm filling the drinks. A guy 20-ish comes up behind me and asks if I'll keep an eye on his phone for a few minutes and points over to short wall next to the table where my son is seated. There is a phone there. I say to him I won't be able to keep an eye on or be sure no one takes it. He replies with "So, no then.", takes his phone and leaves.
I was trying to figure out if this just an weird encounter or is part of some sort of scam, like claiming I switched phones on him or ??? The place was almost empty so there was no one recording this as part of some stupid prank. Other than asking me to watch his phone he didn't look or act like someone with a mental health issue, no indication of intoxication either.
Any scamologists here recognize this as a known scam ? I didn't find anything when searching for 'watch phone scam' and variations of that.